Snow Song Pt. 1 is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which is the second song on their EP, Everything Is. Similar to the opening track on this EP, the band sticks to the fuzzy sounding tone which has slowed down on this song and sounds a bit darker. …

Overview —“ The Saints Are Coming, a music video and single released by Green Day in collaboration with U2 for the victims of Hurricane Katrina is certainly a power song and a power video to go with it. Although I really like Green Day, I’m not a huge fan …

Nothing Like This is the newest CD in Rascal Flatts’ already huge discography. It has already sold thousands of copies. I was the last of my fellow Flatts fans to get it.
The wait was well worth it. The lead track, “Why Wait” sums up what I would say …

Havent heard a lot from Taylor lately since her last album. I was kind of drifting away from her music because i wanted some other songs from her. Finally it is here! This single is everything Taylor Swift is about and this song is absolutely incredible. I bought the …

Ashin’ Kusher is a song by Kid Cudi which appears on his second album Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager. Opening up with an interesting electronic drum rhythm, Kid Cudi enters with the first verse of the track pretty quickly with a melody that I …

I have come to terms with the fact that most song writers lose their edge as they get older, and create more and more boring music. I guess it is just a fact of aging that people calm down and get more settled into a decent lifestyle, then decide …

For us those who are old enough to catch the tail-end of 80’s rock, rock icons Guns N’ Roses are definitely something we can be nostalgic about. Hard-core fans definitely miss the music of unique guitar sounds, equally unique and incredible song structure and craftsmanship and wildcat howls …

Aaliyah
“Journey To The Past”
“Anastasia” Original Soundtrack
Atlantic Records
Ah, I’m not so quite sure what they were thinking when they made this video. Don’t get me wrong, Aaliyah does what she does best, it’s just this video that is not ‘at its best’. Is it me or do all music videos …

Overview —“ For Whom The Bell Tolls, the third track on Ride The Lightning, is what I would consider to be one of Metallica’s most well known songs throughout their career. I’m aware that when a person thinks of Metallica they’ll most likely think of tracks like Enter Sandman …

The Clock is a song by Thom Yorke which appears on his debut solo album, The Eraser. The track opens up with a simple rhythm as more instrumentation gradually begins to join in to make the song have a fuller overall sound. This simple rhythm continues on for a …

Good Times, Bad Times is a song by The rolling Stones which appears on their record 12 X 5. The song opens up with an acoustic guitar pattern along with a harmonica lead over it which gives the song overall a very folk rock sound. Jagger comes in with …

Water Curses is an EP released by Animal Collective in 2008. Made up of songs that were written around the time of Strawberry Jam, Water Curses is comprised of four tracks which strike a nice balance to the album overall. While the two starting tracks of the EP are …

Psycho is a track by System Of A Down which appears on their second record, Toxicity. The track does a good job of establishing a very dark atmosphere in the beginning of the song due to a hypnotizing simple bass rhythm which is soon accompanied by a characteristic guitar …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Suga Mama”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Melina and Beyonce
Sporting a 1970s funk and soul theme, “Suga Mama” is predominantly filmed in black and white all throughout and begins with Beyonce donning one of her sexiest outfits yet, a 1950s masculine suit with form-fitting pants (mmm hmm, yep). She sits …

Rosemary is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Aoxomoxoa. Rosemary is an extremely melodic track and only features the vocals of Jerry Garcia along with an acoustic guitar which he sings along with. I should also mention that Garcia has sort of an echo …

Uh Huh Her is an indie electronic pop band made up of Leisha Hailey (of The L Word fame) and Camilla Grey. Common Reaction is their first album release so far, although their second album is apparently completed and is due soon for release, possibly sometime next year in …

Stand up for love is an inspirational song coming from Destiny’s Child. I feel goose bumps every time it is playing. The message of this song is truly for the victims of Hurricane Katrina although it was written even before the hurricane happens. It makes my heart soft and …

Sevendust released their 4th studio album,”Seasons,” in 2003.The band had already received commercial success with their previous outings.Even though Seasons failed to reach previous commercial success it did in fact prove that the band had matured.The distinctive sound in which Sevendust had been working on for years had finally …

The famous East African, Kenyan born boy band, Sauti Sol are at it again with their new track ‘Melanin’ featuring Patoranking. The song, released only this week, caused a lot of frenzy on social media as it led to sweet and sour opinions about the music video.
‘Melanin’ is a …

The unofficial king of Dubstep, an up-and-coming genre of electronic dance music, recently released onto the internet a seven song EP entitled “Bangarang.” The EP is available for download from many internet music sites, including iTunes and Amazon. The EP comes as …

Nirvana Unplugged is a music concert featuring the band Nirvana as they play some of their songs acoustically. The show is over 1 hour long and is set in New York, played before a small audience. Nirvana is composed of three members - Kurt Cobain on vocals and guitar, …

Fergie is an American singer that sings more in the genres of Pop, R&B and hip hop. I was very surprised to hear her sing one of her new songs of her most recent album. The song is named “Finally” and is much slower than all of the other …

“Fun, Fun, Fun” is one of the best known of The Beach Boys’ 1960s hit songs, and it has kept what I think is a deserved popularity right up to the present day. It is a short song, at only two and a third minutes in length, and it …

American Idol is one of my favorite TV shows. I’ve watched every show diligently and I must say that I have my favorites and one of them is Elliott Yamin from Season 5. Among the three finalists from that season, the other two being Katherine McPhee and eventual winner …

Overview - Anthem Of The Sun, the second album by The Grateful Dead, departs from the simplistic songwriting that The Dead showcased on their self-titled debut album and departs into more experimental and complex songs. Most of these songs contain varying moods and energies just within the song itself …

Secret Heart performed by Curtis Stigers is a very good to excellent album performed in a male jazz singer style similar to Harry Connick Jr. and Michael Buble.
My favorite song was the familiar Days of Wine and Roses” that Stigers makes his own by using a more bouncy arrangement …

Superman is a song by Eminem which appears on his album The Eminem Show. The track opens up with a recording of a conversation going back and forth between Eminem and a female which establishes the lyrical topic of the song and also sets of the general atmosphere of …

When playing guitar,Tone is important and the 10 band equalizer pedal by Mxr really gets the job done. It increases the total output control of all your frequencies on the guitar and in my opinion, adds a lot of high end and more gain for serious rocking out. Not …

The Birthday Massacre is an Industrial Rock band from Canada that uses nostalgic synthesizer voices reminiscent of the eighties post punk movement as well as some pretty heavy yet catchy guitar rifts. The members of the band go by the names Chibi, the front woman, Rainbow and Micheal Falcore …

This is the second pop album by Lucky Ali. After the mega success of his debut album Sunoh, Ali came out with this one. It didn’t came anywhere close to the success of Sunoh, but still this album has got some really good collection of melodies. This is …

I must admit, the first time i ever heard there music, I hated it. I listened to ‘ Feeling good ‘ and i thought it was absaloutley WIERD! So i never went near them. It was when my sister told me i would like this song ‘ …

There is no doubt that Queen are a band for classics and Under Pressure was another from this category. I suppose when your front man is Freddie, who has an audience in the palm of his hand then you can achieve anything you want.
Funnily enough, Under Pressure, I suppose …

I do believe that MTV is trying to hype of LL Cool J and has put together a bunch of mini spots to show that this 30-something (almost 40) rapper is still just as relevant as he was when he was performing songs like “Mama Said Knock You Out.” …

A british post-rock band that has amazed fans of this genre in recent years with their energetic and noisy style that really doesn’t hold any resemblance to anything in particular, except that it sounds like post-rock of course. Their latest album One Time For All Time was one of …

Live in Hollywood was made in RBD’s first L.A. (U.S.A) concert in January 2006 (Jan. 21st) in Los Angeles’s famous Pantages Theater. This cd is very cool and fun, because rbd is one of the best musical group that I already have seen. Their musics are impressive because there …

The Documentary by The Game was one of the best Hip Hop cds that I have heard in a very long time, when it was released in 2005 people thought that it would not be any good but this was not the case at all. It included the singles …

“Beginning of what’s about to happen HWY 74″ is the opening track on the debut album “Wretch” by the band Kyuss. This is very well my favorite song on “Wretch”. This song being that it is off their first album, features all the original members of the band. That …

I like dance song, especially when I wanna fresh my mind for a little while. When I listen it sometimes I feel so fly and forget a little of all my problem. The dance song that I like the most is trance like this song, ‘my world’.
‘my world’ is …

R. Kelly
“Skin”
Untitled Ninth Album
Jive Records
“Skin” is R. Kelly’s second single and music video from his yet-to-be released untitled and ninth studio album, it follows with the previous “Hair Braider”. This latest music video from R. Kelly depicts him involved with a woman whom he is having sexual relations with …

Plug In Baby is a track by Muse which appears on Origin Of Symmetry. Along with Knights Of Cydonia, Plug In Baby seems to be one of the more well known songs by Muse, because it appeared on I believe Guitar Hero or possibly Rock Band. However, the difference …

Sweater Weather is a song by Sledding With Tigers and the second song on their 2011 split release with Kids. Opening up with a tone that’s similar to the preceding track, Sweater Weather starts out with a sound that’s almost country in nature. The vocals enter the …

This is definitely my taste of music. Rap, hip-hop kind, and was loaned to me by my best friend, Lisa. She really is a great clubber type, and she recommended me to this CD, saying that I will certainly dance to it, and will sort of hum …

Make way for the new symphonic metal that will replaced Nightwish (after Tarja’s leaving the band to pursue a solo career it’s not a cool band anymore..). This dvd contains power-packed performance by the band. If you had seen The Silent Force Tour dvd you’ll be more mesmerised to …

I loved him as a young girl and to this day, I still admire Bobby Sherman, who made a big splash on Shindig and Here Come the Brides. I love to hear him sing. Now, I’ll grant that he’s not the best singer, but he has passion …

Sam Ash Music Store
Raleigh, NC 27604
(919) 855-9581
If you like to play guitars, then chances are you are going to love Sam Ashe. The store is filled to the brim with musical instruments, mostly guitars. For me, the best part abotu sam Ashe is that all of the guitars are …

A Treasure Chest of Classical Favorites - CD is a four CD set from Reader’s Digest that showcases classical music. Included is a small, thick booklet that walks through the selections, disk by disk, telling us about the composers and the compositions.
Disk One includes the classics, like Rhapsody …

I actually like this album a lot. As far as Slipknot is concerned, I wasn’t that very impressed by the album that was called Volume 3 The Subliminal Verses. I thought that that music was not very effective on that album. On All Hope Is Gone Slipknot are complete …

You’re Lost Little Girl is a song by The Doors which appears on their album Strange Days. The song opens up with an eerie bass rhythm before a guitar pattern along with a drum rhythm also come in. Jim Morrison comes in with the vocals pretty quickly and …

Waving My Arms In The Air is a song by Syd Barrett which appears on his second solo record, Barrett. Barrett starts singing right when the track starts up and has the instruments come in gradually after him rather than vice versa. A nice steady rhythm in established which …

If it’s lovin’ that you want by Rihanna is a song I like because it talks about how this girl is telling this guy if he needs or wants loving he can come to her. She really though obviously wants to be his girl friend and the guy is …